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Fired for Commuting to Work on a Segway? No Way!
Could you get fired for riding your Segway to work? What if it needs a charge to get you back home again so you plug it in to your employer's socket?
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Does Telecommuting Encourage Travel?
Lloyd may have been unimpressed with the idea that telecommuting raises carbon emissions, and I've done my own part to promote working from home by creating a list of 5 technologies that can help
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So What If Telecommuting Did Encourage Travel? Travel Is Good
Yesterday my fellow TreeHugger Sami posed the question 'Does Telecommuting Encourage Travel?' To which I respond, so what if it does? Travel is good. From the act of movement itself, to the experience...
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Slow Down: the App for Rockin' Hypermilers
Do you get the feeling your car likes to go faster when you're blasting a great song on your interactive media system? Come on, admit it: you are secretly rationalizing that if the car goes faster...
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ElliptiGO for City Commuting or Exercise Outdoors
WOW, that looks fun! For those who have been searching for just the right option to reduce that falling-off-my-bike-at-every-corner factor in bicycle commuting, or to get the most out of exercise...
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Istanbul Boosts Options For Ferry Travel, Its Most Beautiful and Relaxing Way...
Every time I'm on a bus inching its way along Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait, on a shore road often so packed with traffic that it's faster to walk than ride, I ask myself the same thing: Why the heck...
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Istanbul Residents Vote On Two Ugly Tram Designs
Sigh. Just when I was feeling optimistic about the latest developments with Istanbul's public transportation system, the municipality goes and announces that it's
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Driving Hacks to Save the Planet (and Wallet)
In an ideal world, everyone would be able to ditch their cars, burn some extra calories, and
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Car-Dependent Suburbs May Be Slums of The Future, Says Urban Planning Report
A study released by the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) in late 2010 found that "Australia will be forced to rely on huge quantities of imported oil unless it radically overhauls its transport...
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Solowheel Reinvents the Wheel with Next-Gen Segway Unicycle
If you can't afford a Segway, what about half of one? While the two-wheeled personal transporter can set you back by $5,000 or more, a new one-wheel, Segway-inspired model called the Solowheel is due...
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Los Angeles's Subway To The Sea In Its Final Planning Miles
Today's LA Marathon followed a "Stadium to the Sea" route that has been in effect since 2009. The route was designed to showcase the City's landmarks from the East to the West. While looking at the map,
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Why We Should Be Thankful For $5 Gas
Photo credit: basykes/Creative Commons This guest post was written by Beth Buczynski, a writer for Care2 Causes. Oil prices have been climbing steadily since the beginning of the year, and as some gas...
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NYC Has Big Plans For Its Waterfront
One month ago, Mayor Bloomberg released his $3.3 billion, new waterfront plan for New York City, called "Vision 2020". The plan is the city's first comprehensive waterfront plan and it
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Living on Groupon Vouchers for a Year May Be Unwittingly Green
TreeHugger has followed the "journeys" of several people who have chosen to live on nothing for a year but here is a new twist. Josh Stevens has been living off Groupon vouchers for almost a year now...
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Istanbul: A City Growing in 'Overdrive'
The Istanbul of palaces and soaring minarets, of bazaars and bustling nightlife, lies within just a few of the city's 1,000 total square miles. The other Istanbul is full of factories, freeways, grey...
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Cable Cars and Floating Parks to be Built Along Thames River
All kinds of new modes of transport and parks are being built in London for the 2012 Olympics. It is getting pretty exciting: every week there's a new announcement of something different.
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Ottawa Gets a Bixi Bicycle Rental Going
Congratulations and bienvenue, Canada's capital city is joining the club and re-introducing a bicycle rental scheme. They are using Bixi, the bicycles used in Montreal, London and Toronto.
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Be Kind to Your Fellow Commuters
Public transport is great. When it's good it is fast, easy, stress-free, you can get a seat and withdraw into your own world. And when it's bad: rude, nasty, pushy, smelly, etc. etc.
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Conan O'Brien Commutes via Carpool and Fights LA Traffic With Road Rage (Video)
There are lots of great reasons to carpool to work. It saves gas money, reduces carbon emissions, and fights traffic by putting fewer cars on the road. It even decreases stress levels. And using late...
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Building More Roads Leads to More Traffic
Here at TreeHugger, we talk quite a bit about the causes and problems with roads and traffic, and we've seen how effective congestion pricing can be. Here's one more study showing that more roads are...
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Zany and Alternative Maps for the London Tube
The London Underground (subway) map is a classic: designed in 1933 by Harry Beck, a modified form of it is still used today.
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GM's Super-Smart Pod Vehicle Looks at Future Transportation
An end to gridlock. An end to accidents. An end to driving. In fact you can conduct a video conference in traffic, and this podcar parks itself. As GM readies to roll out its electric mini-car, the...
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Beyond the Car: Envisioning a New "Sustainable Mobility Vehicle"
it's not a car, it is a robot that takes you where you need to go.
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Congestion Charge Is Traffic-Cutting Magic in Milan
Stockholm and London are famous for congestion charging to keep cars out of central districts. Now Milan's heading that direction, with impressive results
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Levi's Launches Jeans Specifically Designed for Commuter Biking
The 511 Commuter Series features performance details that offer cyclists greater mobility, protection, safety and convenience.
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App Earns Money for Charities for Every Mile You Walk, Run, or Bike
With a smartphone and some ambulation, you can support any of nine great non-profits.
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Raspberry Pi DIY dynamic bike headlight projects useful data on the ground...
Cycling is our favorite way to get around, and in past years technology has created all kinds of devices that can help make it more convenient. This dynamic headlight is probably the coolest we've...
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Your commute is killing you.
Jane E. Brody at The New York Times counts the many ways long commutes and dependence on automobiles is bad for our health.
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10 reasons why you should use public transport
Public transportation, while maybe not as enjoyable as commuting in your own personal vehicle, does ease congestion, reduce emissions. Need more convincing? Here's more info about public transportation.
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Have work, will travel: How digital nomads are redefining work
As the freelance economy grows, more professionals who work over an Internet connection are finding that they can travel abroad, while still earning their livelihood.
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